From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 15:45:46 +0000 Subject: (Fwd) [60] SPANISH TRUCKERS AGREE TO END STRIKE WITHOUT GOVERN ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:06:19 -0500 From: NewsHound-AT-sjmercury.com (NewsHound) Subject: [60] SPANISH TRUCKERS AGREE TO END STRIKE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT ACCORD Selected by your NewsHound profile entitled "STRIKES". The selectivity score was 60 out of 100. Spanish truckers agree to end strike without government accord By CIARAN GILES Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanish truckers, whose two-week strike crippled production at some European car manufacturers, agreed Wednesday night to end their walkout, despite the government's refusal to give in to their demands. Following a fifth meeting with government negotiators, strike leaders said they were convinced an agreement could be reached in the future on tny, told some 3,500 workers the same thing. In Portugal, Renault's plant at Palmela, south of Lisbon, had been forced to stop production of the Clio. One engine-parts manufacturer sidestepped the strikers by flying products by helicopter from its plant in Santander, Spain, to the airport in that northern city. There, they were loaded onto planes and flown to car-manufacturing factories in England, France and Italy. On Wednesday, two trucks were attacked by gasoline bombs outside the northern city of Burgos, causing extensive damage. A driver also was injured when he was hit by a rock near the northeastern town of Lodosa. Some 300 trucks, many from France, Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries, were lined up on the outskirts of Santander. Picketers punctured tires and smashed windshields on many trucks. Some strike-defying truckers managed to make deliveries as police tried to keep roads open and provide escorts. The strike has not seriously affected other key factories or businesses in Spain, although there were some reports of shortages in fish and dairy products to markets in the north. AP-WS-02-19-97 2202EST --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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